Funny because it is TRUE.

Also I purchased, brace yourselves, 47 comic books and 9 trades. While Brian was ringing me up Friday demanded commission, then she removed all the money from my bank account and tore out my still beating heart for good measure, Brian simply had cartoon cash register eyes. So needless to say I used my Economic Stimulus Check to stimulate the hell out of The Stop's economy.

-The Maimed Man, recounting his visit to The Stop yesterday. I cannot stop laughing. Because it is so very true.

I love retail. Especially on Wednesdays. It is the complete truth that I tell people, "Thanks for giving us your money!" after I ring them out.

R.I.P. Awards

To date, Thinking Caps has brought in the most comments--so congratulations goofballs for being plenty awesome, strange and hilarious.

With no further ado, I'd like to present:

The R.I.P. Acronym Awards:

Best Political Entry:

Elwood: Red-State Inclusive Pandering

Best Entry That Possibly Predicts My Doom:

Palindrome: Raccoons Injure Puyallupian


I have my suspicions that he is training them as I write this.

Best Entry Involving Elderly:


Doctor Smoke with: Rolling Irate Pensioner

Best Entry Involving Pickles:

Oracle_Batgirl: Rage Illuminates Pickles!

I would like to note here that they are the Hulk's favorite, and if anyone would know what tasted best with Rage, it would be him. Also, picture is a link to the t-shirt.




Best Morrison-Despising Entries:

From Darth, for he has eaten of the tree of bitter and went back for seconds:

Really Isn't Pleasing

Rotten Insipid Plotting

Ridiculous Interior Pages

Read In Purgatory

Wicked Juan came in here at a close second, with: Riting Is Poor (you lost under the sheer weight of his wrath)

Best (Worst) Mental Imagery:

Elwood, with the beautiful: Regurgitated Indian Paan

There is no picture for this Award. Because I don't like throw up.

Best Possible Superhero Title:


Nevermore, with: Righteous Inevitable Pork!

I am so happy that I got an actual hit on my Google Image search for "superhero pig". Note: Picture is a link to John Kricfalusi's blog.

Best Entry Regarding Bodily Functions:


Kyle: Regis I'm Peeing

Note: There were far more entries regarding bodily functions than expected. I'm not certain how I feel about this.

And, the best of the best, the creme de la creme and . . . [insert other phrases here] is . . .

B to the Bizeau with: Realize It's Pointless

Thanks to everyone for participating.

I think.

NKOTB: Summertime

I'm absolutely certain that I should feel ashamed while I watch this, but I absolutely do not. Instead, I am thrilled, pleased and completely lost in a giggle fit that will last for hours.

DANNY IS SO CUTE.

Thinking Caps

I've been meaning to pose this question to everyone for . . . shamingly long, really, and keep forgetting. Excellent!

Possible suggestions for what R.I.P. could stand for, if not for Rest In Peace? (Edit: Oh brain. You're not so old that you can misspell 'peace' and take three hours to realize you did. Highway 167 is like my Highway of Stupid Realizations)

Robin In Pieces?
Robin In Pants?
Rorschach Is Pretty?


Sound off. The more obscure, the better. I'll take funny as well.

Haiku

My laptop is dead.
Leopard rendered useless now.
Warranty over.

I want a Vaio.
Perfect. Tiny. Pink. Vista?
Oh Mac, Jesus wept.

Oh Mac, my Macbook
is a piece of crap--please to
replace with new one?

What is an OS?
Perhaps Vista can be good.
Blue screen. Blue screen. Blue--







Edit: Husband said:
You cannot have another.
0 for 2. Bad luck.

Weep. You are heavy.
But I am strong. Run Vista?
Oh. No Dashboard? Weep.

Vital Breaking News

Quiana is probably the only person I know who will be geeked about this, so this post is dedicated to her. I'd like to note that this is not an apology for the ass.

There is a box of NKotB SUPER GLOSS photocards in the back room here. And stickers.

There is no panda happier than me.



Edit: Any and all disparaging comments regarding the fantasticness of this will result in the non-sale of comic books to you on Thursday. Watch it, I know your box numbers.

I Have No Fidelity

Mondays and Tuesdays I'll be cheating on The Stop with . . . The Stop. Redmond Version. Stop in and see me if you can (also, spend money). I think it'll go super-awesome (so long as I stop acting like George, Brian and Jim and conquer the Scary, Scary Scanner) and I'm really looking forward to getting to play in that gorgeous store.

Seriously, if you haven't been in to visit yet, please do, it really is awesome. Um. Don't tell Lynnwood Stop, it'll get jealous and spend all day Wednesday harrassing me about how I don't take it out anyplace nice anymore and don't love it like I used to. Then it'll sabatogue me by eating the last box cutter. Sigh.

This only sort of happened

There will be comic book reviews later today/tomorrow morning. Until then, enjoy (and click to enlarge):




For other funnies, I highly recommend Elwood's Toy Stories. Clever bastard.

Pinned in Puyallup

Welcome back (hopefully?) all you guys that shot up to Calgary this weekend. Hope you had lots of fun, spent plenty of time admiring the extreme hotness that is Tricia Helfer, brought me back a prize and enjoyed some good geekery shenanigans.

There is nothing a good geek won't argue

Geek fight! The super funny (aside from an Aquaman Fatality joke) starts halfway down the page in the comments, c/p'd for your convenience.

Richie says: Batman is my favorite superhero and this can be an awesome game.
But Fyreblazer disagrees: He's not a superhero (keyword: super). Neither is Iron Man. Me & my friends have had this discussion many a time.
Pather COUNTERS for Richie: Good for you and your friends. Meanwhile, Batman and Iron Man just saved the world a few times and held their own against Superman, the Hulk, the X-Men, etc. Just because they don't inherently have powers doesn't mean they're not superheroes.
Ooooh, BURN on Fyreblazer!! But he has a rebuttal ready: Batman always carries kryptonite with him to keep Superman in check. Iron Man's suit is stocked with all types of shit that he plans ahead for. The word superhero inherently means that they have super powers. Ok, I'll tuck my nerd back in now...lol.
Pather, with the aid of a dictionary, is ON it!: super: adverb (as modifier)
especially, particularly
hero: noun
a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities
Hey, thanks Oxford American Dictionary! Sexist part "typically a man" aside, seems like the roots of superhero can be applied to those without powers. And even if you want to claim that when you combine it into one word as "superhero" it does imply powers, the fact that Marvel and DC have trademarked the term "superhero" means they can use it on anyone they want at any time, including their very popular franchises Batman, Iron Man, hell, even Robin.
Andrew jumps in with a succinct, maybe case closing comment: Batman and Ironman are both super heros. A hero is a firefighter that saves some kid from a burning building. A super hero flies around in a fucking rocket suit and saves the world. Case closed.
But wait, it seems the case ISN'T closed because Aahatimy confuses his/herself: Just because they don't have any superpowers doesn't mean they aren't superheroes. I'd still say Ironman is easily a superhero because with the suit he gets superhuman abilities and I can see where you coming from with Batman but I'd say he abilities come more from his enemies fear of him. The fact thsat he doesn't have any superpowers also means he doesn't have any superweaknesses as seen many times he is digging the rest of the JLA out of shit. Anyway superpowers doesn't equal superhero.
I've just confused myself.
And Yourself finishes the whole debate off VERY succinctly, thus proving comic book readers are highly verbose and educated: To pather: Not really sexist. Hero is typically used for a man because heroine is almost always used to describe female "heroes". Unless you're reading Y, that is. As for the "what is a superhero" debate, I'd say a superhero is someone who devotes their life to being a hero (thus including Batman and Iron Man). And any numbnuts that reads modern comics knows that Iron Man does has super powers, so stfu.


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